Two moments of irony in two days:

I love the music of Alanis Morissette, Ironic is like an anthem for my pre millennium generation. Recently two moments occurred that left my saying, isn't it ironic.

An ambulance parked in front of a pharmacy. No body died waiting in line for the cashier to call the next customer but a little old lady required additional medical care when the nurse on duty treating her asthma noticed serious symptoms of restricted air flow to her lungs. Not so ironic when you read the back story. Moving on to the Russia / South Africa bait and switch. Listening in conversation I heard a Russian woman residing in South Africa warn us about the Putin threat. Skipping ahead to the irony of the tale, this woman left Russia when Putin took power fearing the evil he ultimately became. Her only living connection to Russia is a close friend from South Africa who left South Africa about the same time she left Russia citing the same reasoning. Ironic, both were bang on the money. So I'm thinking, hearing the distant sounds of gunfire on the African bushveld at dusk, of another popular song that has no relevance to my tale of irony but is a nice twist ending. Waka Waka...

Initially I misheard the lyrics and thought Shakira was singing "when you fuck it up oh oh, when you fuck it up eh eh'

Admittedly it's a play on the South African street culture, I'm local so I get the expression and I'm not inclined to try explaining it you. It's the hook to the song 'this time for Africa' that took a left turn as an expression of irony. Nobody really gives a crap about Africa, Unicef commercials aimlessly promote straving for change village folk with weird names nobody can pronounce correct. Admit if you're two dollars actually made a difference you'd at least know where Africa is on Google Earth. You don't,  that's cool, let's move on. The ultimate irony is Putin getting a foothold on the continent least desired where the locals are unpredictable, an every other un prefix imagined. The real estate isn't worth its dirt because what unclaimed resources remain within the former colonies have long been plundered by local greed. The is a step down into failure, unremarkable failure from which one may never return. Real irony is Africa has no memory, all occurs quickly then all is quickly forgotten. I'm enjoying the sunset while it lasts.